Document Type
Research Paper
Abstract
Dworkin (1978) identified two classes of moral beliefs: duty-based and rights-based. Chiu, Dweck, Tong, and Fu (1997) found that individuals with fixed moral beliefs hold duty-based moral beliefs whereas individuals with malleable moral beliefs endorse rights-based moral beliefs. We assessed whether these moral belief systems predicted different patterns of responses to the aftermath of the terrorist events: specifically the treatment of Arabs, Muslims, Bin Laden, and NYC firefighters. Results indicated support for the moral belief theory regarding Muslim and Arab civil rights and the treatment of Bin Laden.
Publication Date
2002
Journal Title
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference
Volume
6
Issue
1
First Page
69
Last Page
71
Copyright
©2002 by the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Publisher
University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Recommended Citation
Dick, Erin and Susskind, Joshua
(2002)
"Do Implicit Theories About Morality Predict Attitudes Regarding Responses to the Terrorist Events?,"
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 6:
Iss.
1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol6/iss1/12
